A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment Wednesday against 21-year-old Dzenan Camovic for a knife attack on NYPD officers during a protest on June 3 in Brooklyn, an attack that prosecutors describe as ISIS inspired.
Police returned fire, and Camovic was struck multiple times. All three officers who were injured in the incident are out of the hospital but not back at work, the New York Police Department told CNN Wednesday. Prosecutors allege that Camovic’s actions were inspired by his support for ISIS. In a detention memo, the government alleges Camovic repeatedly screamed « Allahu Akbar » during the attack on the officers. The government further says its investigation shows that, prior to the attack on June, « Camovic possessed a significant volume of materials that demonstrate his interest in and support for violent Islamist extremism, » including the designated foreign terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
